Hiroko Matsuura
Biographic Data
| ID | 648840 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hiroko Matsuura |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hiroko |
| FAMILY NAME | Matsuura |
| SIGNATURE | MATSUURA H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fukushima University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2332-1176 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Understanding the fertility transition through Joel Mokyr’s knowledge framework
The disruption of Demographic and Health Surveys will hide the devastating impact of the Global Gag Rule
Rethinking fertility through Marx
Further acceleration in fertility decline in 2023
Notes on the study of indigenous and tribal populations
The article by Kusumaa et al. on under-five mortality and associated factors in tribal populations in the district of Visakhapatnam is one of three articles analyzing Indigenous Peoples’ population
Biodemography as human-centered climate change research
On the absolute threshold target of maternal mortality ratio in the time of stagnating improvement
Overcoming the history of Eugenics in demography call for contributions from historians, ethicists, and human rights scholars
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the future demographic crisis
Abortion tourism in a post-Roe v. Wadeera
World Committee on Tourism Ethics (WCTE) recommendation on Covid-19 certificates for international travel
Purpose Although numerous studies have documented the declining ability of medical students to identify heart murmurs, no studies have examined why students make errors. We designed a study to compare medical students9 documented cardiac exam findings with the diagnoses they assigned. Methods At the end of the third year of medical school, all medical students at our institution take a multistation clinical performance exam (CPX). Each station co…
Natural hazard information and migration across cities
This paper examines the effects of the 2012 revisions to the damage predictions of an anticipated Nankai Trough megathrust earthquake on subsequent inter-municipality migration in Japan’s coastal areas. We find that an increase in predicted tsunami height—rather than anticipated seismic movements—after the 2012 revision is associated with a subsequent reduction in net migration. While the reducing effect of tsunami predictions on in-migration per…
Intelligibility and comprehensibility in English as a lingua franca
The present study examines international intelligibility and comprehensibility of nativized English lexis from Japanese as determined by tertiary student listeners in four countries. After an overview of nativized English in Japanese, form and attitudes, the study queries which linguistic features of Japanized English lexis and short expressions reduce intelligibility and comprehensibility for listeners from Indonesia, the Philippines, South Kore…
State Constitutional Commitment to Health and Health Care and Population Health Outcomes
Objectives. I investigated whether the introduction of health and health care provisions in US state constitutions can make health systems more equitable and improve health outcomes by urging state policymakers and administrative agencies to uphold their human rights obligations at state level. Methods. I constructed a panel of infant mortality rates from 50 US states over the period 1929 through 2000 to examine their association with the timing …
Accent and speech rate effects in English as a lingua franca
Intelligibility and individual learner differences in the EIL context
The officialization of English and ELT in Japan
This study reports on Japanese university-level EFL teacher (N = 50) and student (N = 660) reactions to the notion of making English an official language, as proposed by an advisory board to Prime Minister Obuchi in 2000. The study also reports on beliefs about English language learning and teaching in general in terms of goals, proficiencies of Japanese people, and appropriate instructional styles for Japanese. Students appeared to believe that …
Intelligibility and Comprehensibility of American andIrish Englishes in Japan
The present study focuses on the effect of familiarity with different English accents. Specifically, the study investigates Japanese university students' intelligibility and comprehensibility judgements of familiar and unfamiliar English - American English and Irish English, respectively. To see to what extent each variety was intelligible to them, subjects were asked to listen to self introductions of native speakers and fill missing words in bl…
Japanese attitudes toward English accents
In Japan, students seem to resort to American English when it comes to deciding the model for their English. This study focuses on the attitudes of Japanese university students toward varieties of spoken English. The study is based on the results of our previous research (Matsuura et al. 1994), which showed the preference for American English among Japanese students. The aim of this study is to examine the relation between the acceptance of varie…
Japanese attitudes toward English accents
In Japan, students seem to resort to American English when it comes to deciding the model for their English. This study focuses on the attitudes of Japanese university students toward varieties of spoken English. The study is based on the results of our previous research (Matsuura et al. 1994), which showed the preference for American English among Japanese students. The aim of this study is to examine the relation between the acceptance of varie…
Intelligibility and Comprehensibility of American andIrish Englishes in Japan
The present study focuses on the effect of familiarity with different English accents. Specifically, the study investigates Japanese university students' intelligibility and comprehensibility judgements of familiar and unfamiliar English - American English and Irish English, respectively. To see to what extent each variety was intelligible to them, subjects were asked to listen to self introductions of native speakers and fill missing words in bl…
Intelligibility and individual learner differences in the EIL context
The officialization of English and ELT in Japan
This study reports on Japanese university-level EFL teacher (N = 50) and student (N = 660) reactions to the notion of making English an official language, as proposed by an advisory board to Prime Minister Obuchi in 2000. The study also reports on beliefs about English language learning and teaching in general in terms of goals, proficiencies of Japanese people, and appropriate instructional styles for Japanese. Students appeared to believe that …
State Constitutional Commitment to Health and Health Care and Population Health Outcomes
Objectives. I investigated whether the introduction of health and health care provisions in US state constitutions can make health systems more equitable and improve health outcomes by urging state policymakers and administrative agencies to uphold their human rights obligations at state level. Methods. I constructed a panel of infant mortality rates from 50 US states over the period 1929 through 2000 to examine their association with the timing …
Accent and speech rate effects in English as a lingua franca
Japanese attitudes toward English accents
In Japan, students seem to resort to American English when it comes to deciding the model for their English. This study focuses on the attitudes of Japanese university students toward varieties of spoken English. The study is based on the results of our previous research (Matsuura et al. 1994), which showed the preference for American English among Japanese students. The aim of this study is to examine the relation between the acceptance of varie…
Intelligibility and Comprehensibility of American andIrish Englishes in Japan
The present study focuses on the effect of familiarity with different English accents. Specifically, the study investigates Japanese university students' intelligibility and comprehensibility judgements of familiar and unfamiliar English - American English and Irish English, respectively. To see to what extent each variety was intelligible to them, subjects were asked to listen to self introductions of native speakers and fill missing words in bl…
The officialization of English and ELT in Japan
This study reports on Japanese university-level EFL teacher (N = 50) and student (N = 660) reactions to the notion of making English an official language, as proposed by an advisory board to Prime Minister Obuchi in 2000. The study also reports on beliefs about English language learning and teaching in general in terms of goals, proficiencies of Japanese people, and appropriate instructional styles for Japanese. Students appeared to believe that …
Intelligibility and individual learner differences in the EIL context
Accent and speech rate effects in English as a lingua franca
State Constitutional Commitment to Health and Health Care and Population Health Outcomes
Objectives. I investigated whether the introduction of health and health care provisions in US state constitutions can make health systems more equitable and improve health outcomes by urging state policymakers and administrative agencies to uphold their human rights obligations at state level. Methods. I constructed a panel of infant mortality rates from 50 US states over the period 1929 through 2000 to examine their association with the timing …
Intelligibility and comprehensibility in English as a lingua franca
The present study examines international intelligibility and comprehensibility of nativized English lexis from Japanese as determined by tertiary student listeners in four countries. After an overview of nativized English in Japanese, form and attitudes, the study queries which linguistic features of Japanized English lexis and short expressions reduce intelligibility and comprehensibility for listeners from Indonesia, the Philippines, South Kore…
Natural hazard information and migration across cities
This paper examines the effects of the 2012 revisions to the damage predictions of an anticipated Nankai Trough megathrust earthquake on subsequent inter-municipality migration in Japan’s coastal areas. We find that an increase in predicted tsunami height—rather than anticipated seismic movements—after the 2012 revision is associated with a subsequent reduction in net migration. While the reducing effect of tsunami predictions on in-migration per…
World Committee on Tourism Ethics (WCTE) recommendation on Covid-19 certificates for international travel
Purpose Although numerous studies have documented the declining ability of medical students to identify heart murmurs, no studies have examined why students make errors. We designed a study to compare medical students9 documented cardiac exam findings with the diagnoses they assigned. Methods At the end of the third year of medical school, all medical students at our institution take a multistation clinical performance exam (CPX). Each station co…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the future demographic crisis
Abortion tourism in a post-Roe v. Wadeera
Biodemography as human-centered climate change research
On the absolute threshold target of maternal mortality ratio in the time of stagnating improvement
Overcoming the history of Eugenics in demography call for contributions from historians, ethicists, and human rights scholars
Further acceleration in fertility decline in 2023
Notes on the study of indigenous and tribal populations
The article by Kusumaa et al. on under-five mortality and associated factors in tribal populations in the district of Visakhapatnam is one of three articles analyzing Indigenous Peoples’ population
The disruption of Demographic and Health Surveys will hide the devastating impact of the Global Gag Rule
Rethinking fertility through Marx
Understanding the fertility transition through Joel Mokyr’s knowledge framework
EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (6 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · American English (4 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)